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A Berkshire school forced two children to eat their Christmas lunch on a corridor floor after a row with their parents over when to return to school, a mother has claimed.
Andrea Roberson from Newbury has accused John Rankin Junior School of failing to safeguard her children aged eight and 10 who returned to school after catching Covid.
The mother-of-two is now threatening legal action after the two pupils were taken off the school register two days before the end of term amid the dispute, having to watch their friends in party hats celebrate nearby.
Andrea Roberson (pictured) from Newbury has accused John Rankin Junior School of failing to safeguard her children
Ms Roberson claims they had been off for 10 days, but after dropping them off upon their return, she was told to come back and collect them.
The school said they should have been off for an extra day, and headmaster Felix Rayner informed her the children had been removed from the register, she said.
'This is a disgusting way to treat children,' said Ms Roberson. 'They were left in a corridor, and had to eat their Christmas dinner on the floor. They even had to watch other children walk past in their party hats.'
Ms Roberson said she fired off an
